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Neath Port Talbot: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code W06000012.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Average Band D council tax in Neath Port Talbot for 2026–27: £2,541.39 a year. Of that, £2,072.88 is set by the council, £405.14 by the police and, on average, £63.37 by community councils.

Every band

Neath Port Talbot: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027, including police and average community council
Band	A year
A-	£1,411.88
A	£1,694.26
B	£1,976.64
C	£2,259.01
D	£2,541.39
E	£3,106.14
F	£3,670.90
G	£4,235.65
H	£5,082.78
I	£5,929.91

Including the police and the average community council charge; band A− is for homes in band A that qualify for disabled band reduction. Source: Welsh Government, Council tax levels by billing authority and band (Open Government Licence).

Source: Welsh Government, Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority (Open Government Licence). Your own bill depends on your band, your community council and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Neath Port Talbot reported it to the Welsh Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Wales.

Neath Port Talbot: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education	£185.3 million
Social services	£158.5 million
Council fund housing	£56.1 million
Local environmental services	£29.0 million
Roads and transport	£19.7 million
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation	£13.0 million
Planning, economic and community development	£21.8 million
Local tax collection	£9.2 million
Debt financing costs	£20.0 million
Law, order and protective services	none budgeted
Central administration	£10.3 million
Other revenue expenditure	£9.2 million
Revenue expenditure	£532.1 million

Revenue expenditure: the cost of running each service in the year, as the Welsh Government collects it.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Welsh Government, Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service (Open Government Licence).

Neath Port Talbot in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 143,249 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 43 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £19,910 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £592 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 25.7% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £168,082 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 4.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 57.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 57.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 29.0 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 83.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 73.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,220 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

60 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents and Plaid Cymru. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 26, Independent / Other 19, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 11, Liberal Democrats 3, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 60 councillors, by ward

Andrew Dacey (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Aberavon
Stephanie Grimshaw (Labour Party) — Aberavon
Caroline Lewis (Independent / Other) — Aberdulais
Nia Jenkins (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Allt-wen
Carol Clement-Williams (Labour Party) — Baglan
Josh Tuck (Labour Party) — Baglan
Susanne Renkes (Labour Party) — Baglan
Hayley Davies (Independent / Other) — Blaengwrach and Glynneath West
Gareth Rice (Labour Party) — Briton Ferry East
Kirsty Morris (Independent / Other) — Briton Ferry West
Charlotte Galsworthy (Labour Party) — Bryn and Cwmavon
Dave Whitelock (Labour Party) — Bryn and Cwmavon
Rhidian Mizen (Labour Party) — Bryn and Cwmavon
Wyndham Griffiths (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Bryn-coch North
Chris Williams (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Bryn-coch South
Jo Hale (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Bryn-coch South
Phil Rogers (Independent / Other) — Cadoxton
Jeremy Hurley (Independent / Other) — Cimla and Pelenna
Tim Bowen (Independent / Other) — Cimla and Pelenna
Angharad Aubrey (Independent / Other) — Coedffranc Central
Nathan Goldup-John (Green Party (E&W)) — Coedffranc Central
Mike Harvey (Labour Party) — Coedffranc North
Cen Phillips (Liberal Democrats) — Coedffranc West
Helen Clarke (Liberal Democrats) — Coedffranc West
Sian Harris (Independent / Other) — Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
Steve Hunt (Independent / Other) — Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters
Alun Llewelyn (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera
Susan Grounds (Liberal Democrats) — Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera
Jeff Jones (Independent / Other) — Cymer and Glyncorrwg
James Henton (Independent / Other) — Dyffryn
Martyn Peters (Independent / Other) — Dyffryn
Simon Knoyle (Independent / Other) — Glynneath Central and East
Rosalyn Davies (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Godre'r Graig
Sarah Thomas (Labour Party) — Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman
Sonia Reynolds (Labour Party) — Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman
Scott Jones (Independent / Other) — Gwynfi and Croeserw
Dennis Keogh (Labour Party) — Margam and Tai-bach
Laura Williams (Labour Party) — Margam and Tai-bach
Rob Jones (Labour Party) — Margam and Tai-bach
Dan Thomas (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Neath East
Lauren Heard (Labour Party) — Neath East
Wayne Carpenter (Independent / Other) — Neath East
Alan Lockyer (Labour Party) — Neath North
Andy Lodwig (Independent / Other) — Neath North
Carl Jordan (Independent / Other) — Neath South
Peter Rees (Labour Party) — Neath South
Anthony Richards (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Pontardawe
Heath Davies (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Pontardawe
Saifur Rahaman (Labour Party) — Port Talbot
Sharon Freeguard (Labour Party) — Port Talbot
Dean Lewis (Independent / Other) — Resolven and Tonna
Leanne Jones (Labour Party) — Resolven and Tonna
Bob Woolford (Independent / Other) — Rhos
Edward Latham (Labour Party) — Sandfields East
Matthew Crowley (Labour Party) — Sandfields East
Sean Pursey (Labour Party) — Sandfields East
Oliver Davies (Labour Party) — Sandfields West
Robert Wood (Labour Party) — Sandfields West
Suzanne Paddison (Labour Party) — Sandfields West
Rebeca Phillips (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Trebanos

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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